Patents by Inventor Klaus Gebert

Klaus Gebert has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11964556
    Abstract: The subject matter of the invention is a battery unit (100) for a hybrid vehicle (200), with a battery housing (10) which has a front side wall (23) directed towards the front side (22) of the hybrid vehicle (200) and a rear side wall (24) directed towards the rear side of the hybrid vehicle (200), and with at least one battery module (11) which is arranged in the battery housing (10), wherein at least one fuel tank (12) is arranged in the battery housing (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Kautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Dirk Eulitz, Klaus Gebert, Harald Lorenz, Daniel Marx, Fabian Siggia
  • Patent number: 11724591
    Abstract: A liquid container for a motor vehicle, having a first half-shell and a second half-shell, the half-shells delimiting a storage volume for accommodating liquid, the first half-shell having a first support layer and a first barrier layer, the second half-shell having a second support layer and a second barrier layer, the first barrier being situated on a side of the first support layer facing the storage volume, and the second barrier layer being situated on a side of the second support layer facing the storage volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Roman Bouffier, Hartmut Wolf, Christian Kopiec, Klaus Gebert, Sebastian Stefan Rosenstraeter, Fabian Siggia, Markus Huetzen
  • Patent number: 11370296
    Abstract: A reinforcing element for a liquid container for a motor vehicle, having at least one connecting section for connecting the reinforcing element to the liquid container, the connecting section having at least a first and a second web which are made from a first material and are enclosed at least in sections by a second material, the second material penetrating through openings of the webs, and the first web being at a smaller spacing from a longitudinal axis of the reinforcing element than the second web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Klaus Gebert, Frank Quant, Daniel Marx, Harald Lorenz, Andre Van Megern
  • Publication number: 20220041052
    Abstract: The subject matter of the invention is a battery unit (100) for a hybrid vehicle (200), with a battery housing (10) which has a front side wall (23) directed towards the front side (22) of the hybrid vehicle (200) and a rear side wall (24) directed towards the rear side of the hybrid vehicle (200), and with at least one battery module (11) which is arranged in the battery housing (10), wherein at least one fuel tank (12) is arranged in the battery housing (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Dirk Eulitz, Klaus Gebert, Harald Lorenz, Daniel Marx, Fabian Siggia
  • Publication number: 20200384852
    Abstract: A liquid container for a motor vehicle, having a first half-shell and a second half-shell, the half-shells delimiting a storage volume for accommodating liquid, the first half-shell having a first support layer and a first barrier layer, the second half-shell having a second support layer and a second barrier layer, the first barrier being situated on a side of the first support layer facing the storage volume, and the second barrier layer being situated on a side of the second support layer facing the storage volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Roman BOUFFIER, Hartmut WOLF, Christian KOPIEC, Klaus GEBERT, Sebastian Stefan ROSENSTRAETER, Fabian SIGGIA, Markus HUETZEN
  • Publication number: 20200206993
    Abstract: An injection-molding method for manufacturing a half-shell of a liquid container for a motor vehicle, comprising the following steps: providing a barrier film in a cavity of an injection-molding tool, the cavity being provided for the purpose of shaping the half-shell; providing a barrier sleeve in the cavity; injecting plasticized injection-molding material into the cavity, wherein plasticized injection-molding material is sprayed onto the barrier film and/or the barrier film is back-injected with plasticized injection-molding material; and wherein the barrier sleeve is back-injected with plasticized injection-molding material and/or overmolded with plasticized injection-molding material to form a connection element of the half-shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Roman BOUFFIER, Hartmut WOLF, Christian KOPIEC, Klaus GEBERT, Sebastian Stefan ROSENSTRAETER, Fabian SIGGIA, Markus HUETZEN
  • Publication number: 20200198459
    Abstract: A liquid container for a motor vehicle, having a first half-shell and a second half-shell, the half-shells delimiting a storage volume for accommodating liquid, the first half-shell having a first support layerand a first barrier layer, the second half-shell having a second support layerand a second barrier layer, the first barrier being situated on a side of the first support layer facing the storage volume, and the second barrier layer being situated on a side of the second support layer facing the storage volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Roman BOUFFIER, Hartmut WOLF, Christian KOPIEC, Klaus GEBERT, Sebastian Stefan ROSENSTRAETER, Fabian SIGGIA, Markus HUETZEN
  • Patent number: 10562390
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an operating liquid container system comprising at least one operating fluid container, a quality and/or filling level sensor arranged in the operating liquid container, for determining at least one quality characteristic of the operating liquid contained in the operating liquid container and/or a filling level of the operating liquid container, and a display device arranged in a tank recess and/or tank flap of the operating fluid container system, wherein the display device is connected to the quality and/or filling level sensor by means of a data line for transmitting data from the quality and/or filling level sensor to the display device, wherein the data represents at least one quality characteristic of the operating liquid contained in the operating liquid container and/or the filling level of the operating liquid container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Kautex Textron GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventors: Dirk Eulitz, Hartmut Wolf, Theodor Ossege, Klaus Gebert, Ulrich Karsch, Christian Erben
  • Publication number: 20200047607
    Abstract: A reinforcing element for a liquid container for a motor vehicle, having at least one connecting section for connecting the reinforcing element to the liquid container, the connecting section having at least a first and a second web which are made from a first material and are enclosed at least in sections by a second material, the second material penetrating through openings of the webs, and the first web being at a smaller spacing from a longitudinal axis of the reinforcing element than the second web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Klaus Gebert, Frank Quant, Daniel Marx, Harald Lorenz, Andre Van Megern
  • Patent number: 10500946
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel container (1) of thermoplastic plastics material having an upper base (2) and a lower base (3) which are supported against each other by means of at least one column-like support element (4), wherein the support element (4) is connected in a positive-locking manner and/or materially engaging manner to a wall (6) of the upper base on the one hand and to a wall (6) of the lower base on the other hand in such a manner that it can absorb tensile forces and/or pressure forces, wherein the support element (4) is constructed in several pieces and the support element is divided longitudinally and comprises at least two segments (8) which complement each other in cross-section and which form a common support face at the end side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Klaus Gebert, Frank Quant
  • Patent number: 10370143
    Abstract: An article enclosing at least one built-in fitment component in the form of a hollow body of thermoplastic material. The hollow body is preferably in the form of a fuel tank. The built-in fitment component is pressed against the inside wall of the article while still plastic so that the plastic material of the hollow body penetrates through at least one recess or opening of the built-in fitment component and flows therebehind.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Matthias Borchert, Timo Kramer, Klaus Gebert, Dirk Eulitz, Gerd Wolter, Harald Lorenz, Deniz Bienhuls, Christoph Mehren, Robert Lower
  • Patent number: 10099549
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an operating fluid container (10) made of thermoplastic material for a motor vehicle and a method for equipping an operating fluid container with a stiffening element (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Klaus Gebert, Ulrich Karsch, Dirk Eulitz, Hartmut Wolf
  • Publication number: 20180281584
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an operating liquid container system comprising at least one operating fluid container, a quality and/or filling level sensor arranged in the operating liquid container, for determining at least one quality characteristic of the operating liquid contained in the operating liquid container and/or a filling level of the operating liquid container, and a display device arranged in a tank recess and/or tank flap of the operating fluid container system, wherein the display device is connected to the quality and/or filling level sensor by means of a data line for transmitting data from the quality and/or filling level sensor to the display device, wherein the data represents at least one quality characteristic of the operating liquid contained in the operating liquid container and/or the filling level of the operating liquid container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: KAUTEX TEXTRON GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Dirk Eulitz, Hartmut Wolf, Theodor Ossege, Klaus Gebert, Ulrich Karsch, Christian Erben
  • Patent number: 9956714
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing hollow bodies from thermoplastic material comprising the shaping of at least one tubular preform or at least two two-dimensional, web-like preforms of plasticated thermoplastic material into a substantially closed hollow body, for example in the form of a fuel tank for motor vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Matthias Borchert, Klaus Gebert
  • Patent number: 9944170
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an operating fluid container (10) made of thermoplastic material for a motor vehicle and a method for equipping an operating fluid container with a stiffening element (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Klaus Gebert, Ulrich Karsch, Burkhard Marxen
  • Publication number: 20180029466
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel container (1) of thermoplastic plastics material having an upper base (2) and a lower base (3) which are supported against each other by means of at least one column-like support element (4), wherein the support element (4) is connected in a positive-locking manner and/or materially engaging manner to a wall (6) of the upper base on the one hand and to a wall (6) of the lower base on the other hand in such a manner that it can absorb tensile forces and/or pressure forces, wherein the support element (4) is constructed in several pieces and the support element is divided longitudinally and comprises at least two segments (8) which complement each other in cross-section and which form a common support face at the end side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Klaus GEBERT, Frank QUANT
  • Publication number: 20170341800
    Abstract: The invention relates to a container made from thermoplastic polymer with at least one inner reinforcing rib in a container wall, wherein the reinforcing rib is formed by at least one linear groove track in a container outer wall, the groove track extends over a length on the container outer wall, the groove track is formed by a multiplicity of depressions in the container outer wall, said depressions being arranged at a distance from one another, and wherein material bridges are provided between each of the depressions, said material bridges each having a smaller depth than the depressions. The invention furthermore relates to a method for producing such a container by extrusion blow molding or thermoforming.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Klaus GEBERT, Daniel MARX, Marlappan THIRUGNANASAMBANDAM
  • Patent number: 9783044
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel container (1) of thermoplastic plastics material having an upper base (2) and a lower base (3) which are supported against each other by means of at least one column-like support element (4), wherein the support element (4) is connected in a positive-locking manner and/or materially engaging manner to a wall (6) of the upper base on the one hand and to a wall (6) of the lower base on the other hand in such a manner that it can absorb tensile forces and/or pressure forces, wherein the support element (4) is constructed in several pieces and the support element is divided longitudinally and comprises at least two segments (8) which complement each other in cross-section and which form a common support face at the end side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Kautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Klaus Gebert, Frank Quant
  • Publication number: 20160263990
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an operating fluid container (10) made of thermoplastic material for a motor vehicle and a method for equipping an operating fluid container with a stiffening element (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: Kautex Textron GMBH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Klaus GEBERT, Ulrich KARSCH, Dirk EULITZ, Hartmut WOLF
  • Publication number: 20160167506
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an operating fluid container (10) made of thermoplastic material for a motor vehicle and a method for equipping an operating fluid container with a stiffening element (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO., KG
    Inventors: Klaus GEBERT, Ulrich KARSCH, Burkhard MARXEN